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Why Tesla’s Cheaper Model Y Is a Disappointment

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 2d

the new car is the same as the old car

Stacey Shick @staceyshick.bsky.social · 2d

We wanted flying cars and got fabric seats. Here's @chafkin.bsky.social on why Tesla's new standard models and its larger ambitions are disappointing now

The pared-back car comes from a company falling behind in the EV race. Plus: African farmers’ opportunity.

Business News Podcast · Updated Weekly · Bloomberg Businessweek brings you a smart and fun chat show about all things...business. Hosted by award-winning business and economics journalists Max Chafkin...

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 7d

we had two great guests this week on Everybody's Business. @justinwolfers.bsky.social on the shutdown, @zekefaux.bsky.social on crypto. SUBSCRIBE!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Everybody's Business

Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 7d

Will be on tonight talking shutdown

11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social · 7d

TONIGHT: We approach the third day of the government shutdown – Trump threatens sweeping layoffs – & the potential risk for the economy as the shutdown drags on.

@stephruhle.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@daniellamicaela.bsky.social
@davidmdrucker.bsky.social
@chafkin.bsky.social

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies

Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 8d

man www.propublica.org/article/elon...

The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...

www.propublica.org

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 9d

If you want to understand what where this shutdown is headed this, and the guy behind it, this is worth revisiting

Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 9d

If Russell Vought had escaped your attention so far, my Businessweek colleague @chafkin.bsky.social wrote a great profile earlier this year that gets into what exactly his whole deal is. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

The Real Mastermind Behind Trump’s Imperial Presidency

Elon Musk is the face of DOGE, but Russell Vought is the brains. He’s been planning such a crusade since well before Project 2025.

The Real Mastermind Behind Trump’s Imperial Presidency

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Reposted by Max Chafkin

Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 9d

If Russell Vought had escaped your attention so far, my Businessweek colleague @chafkin.bsky.social wrote a great profile earlier this year that gets into what exactly his whole deal is. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Elon Musk is the face of DOGE, but Russell Vought is the brains. He’s been planning such a crusade since well before Project 2025.

The Real Mastermind Behind Trump’s Imperial Presidency

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 11d

gift link here www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Elon Musk is the face of DOGE, but Russell Vought is the brains. He’s been planning such a crusade since well before Project 2025.

The Real Mastermind Behind Trump’s Imperial Presidency

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 11d

sharing this story i wrote for @bloomberg.com from april, www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Elon Musk is the face of DOGE, but Russell Vought is the brains. He’s been planning such a crusade since well before Project 2025.

Tesla Is Urging Drowsy Drivers to Use ‘Full Self-Driving.’ That Could Go Very Wrong

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 14d

this smacks of desperation: tesla is quietly marketing its supposedly "full self driving" software as worth buying if want to drive drowsy, when thats the time you'd least want to use it www.wired.com/story/story/...

The company’s FSD tech doesn’t actually self-drive. Experts say that advising customers to switch it on when they're drifting between lanes is exactly the wrong move.

www.wired.com

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks James!!

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 18d

Omg this cover

Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 18d

New @wired.com cover!!!! It's the Politics Issue

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 21d

New ep! How to fix the fed with Rohit Chopra, and a look at the salary cap scandal that everyone in sports is talking about podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Is the Fed Really That Independent?

Podcast Episode · Everybody's Business · 09/19/2025 · 36m

How an Enron Parody Turned Into a Financial Mess of Its Own

Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 22d

Went into this story thinking it was a profile of two brilliant pranksters—Connor Gaydos and Peter McIndoe of Birds Aren’t Real fame. They started Enron as a satire of greed and corporate buffoonery. But those things aren’t as easy to defeat as you might imagine. 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Some performance artists bought the name for peanuts and concocted an elaborate caricature of corporate excess. It didn’t go as they planned.

Peter Thiel Tries On the Antichrist for Size

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 25d

Will be talking fed, ai, among other things tonight on MSNBC

11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social · 25d

TONIGHT: The latest on the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s assassination – the Epstein Estate turns over more documents to the House Oversight Committee - & more.

@stephruhle.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@pbump.com
@mckaycoppins.bsky.social
@chafkin.bsky.social

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thank you so much Hilary!!!

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · Sep 9

about the antichrist www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

A series of lectures will likely be less about theology and more about political grievance.

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks Richard!!

Business News Podcast · Updated Weekly · Bloomberg Businessweek brings you a smart and fun chat show about all things...business. Hosted by award-winning business and economics journalists Max Chafkin...

Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · Sep 9

Big news! My book, The Contrarian,
is finally in paperback! Updated and with a new introductory essay about Silicon Valley and Trump. Find it at your local bookstore, or online

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · Sep 5

new ep is a good one! @weisenthal.bsky.social (of Odd Lots) on trump and the market, @samsanders.bsky.social (of the Sam Sanders Show) on kpop and hollywood. Listen SUBSCRIBE tell us what you think!!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Everybody's Business

Tesla's Master Plan, Part Quattro

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · Sep 3

This was a fun episode!

Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · Sep 3

Today on ELON INC, @chafkin.bsky.social and I chat with Craig Trudell about Master Plan Part 4, which is all about Optimus and feels like it was phoned in and recycles photos that were already in Tesla shareholder decks

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Podcast Episode · Elon, Inc. · 09/02/2025 · 26m

The Case for Being an AI Hater. Or at Least a Skeptic

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · Aug 22

new episode w/@svaneksmith.bsky.social features a conversation with @deenashanker.bsky.social on the awesome power of the phrase "Live Mas," a conversation with @edzitron.com on why AI sucks, and a conversation with my 8 year old son on why Labubu sucks (ymmv). www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Billions of dollars have been invested in artificial intelligence. But the returns have been middling at best.

The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · Aug 22

if you haven't read it, ed's post on this is worth your time www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

Hey! Before we go any further — if you want to support my work, please sign up for the premium version of Where’s Your Ed At, it’s a $7-a-month (or $70-a-year) paid product where every week you get a ...

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · Aug 22

great conversation in this ep with @edzitron.com making the case for AI hate and explaining why the current bubble threatens then entire economy. SUBSCRIBE podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Everybody's Business

Business News Podcast · Updated Weekly · Bloomberg Businessweek brings you a smart and fun chat show about all things...business. Hosted by award-winning business and economics journalists Max Chafkin...